LONDON, England, Feb. 10 -- The British Department for Energy Security and Net Zero issued the following news release: * * * New auction delivers unprecedented clean, homegrown power From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP * Record solar, onshore wind, and tidal projects - building on last month's offshore wind success - deliver Britain's biggest-ever clean energy auction * Largest ever procurement of solar projects in the UK - 4.9 GW secured - provi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Groups Call on California to Ensure Insurance Industry Discloses Carbon Emissions * WASHINGTON -As the California Air Resources Board (CARB) considers binding carbon emissions disclosure measures for large companies doing business in California, a coalition of 40 organizations today called on the board to close a loophole that would allow insurance companies across the state to skirt the requi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Groups File Opening Brief In Colorado Factory Farm Water Pollution Case Lawsuit challenges Colorado's failure to protect water, public health from unchecked factory farm pollution * Food & Water Watch and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed an opening brief (https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026-2-6_opening-brief_stamped/) in the Colorado Court of Appeals.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: * * * NRC Announces Opportunity to Request a Hearing on Duke Energy Carolinas' Belews Creek Early Site Permit Application The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has announced in the Federal Register the opportunity to request an adjudicatory hearing for Duke Energy Carolinas' Early Site Permit application for the Belews Creek site in North Carolina. The notice covers petitions to intervene in such a h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 [Category: Financial Services] -- Americans for Financial Reform, which describes itself as a nonpartisan and nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based and civic and community groups, posted the following news release: * * * Press Release: Groups Call on California to Ensure Insurance Industry Discloses Carbon Emissions * February 9, 2026 CONTACT: Jarice Thompson, jarice@ourfinancialsecurity.org Patrick Davis,  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 9 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * EPA grant backs community-driven workforce training in Southwest Virginia By Rich Mathieson When employers, community organizations, and educators talked with the Virginia Tech Southwest Center about workforce needs, they kept returning to the same idea: People want clear, local pathways into good-paying jobs that let them stay rooted in Southwest Virginia. A new Brownfields Job Training grant from the U.S. Envi  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Tulsa District issued the following news: * * * When demand peaks; USACE powers Story by Brannen Parrish When temperatures were at their lowest in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District hydroelectric dams generated enough electricity to supply nearly 600,000 users each day from Jan. 24-26. Combined, Tulsa District's eight powerhouses generated 20.46 Gigawatt hours of electricity or 20,460,000 kilo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * The United States and India Announce Historic Trade Deal ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Last Friday, in a Joint Statement, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal between the United States and India that will open up India's market of over 1.4 billion people to American products. * Friday's Joint Statement follows a call between President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last wee  more